Category: Social Movements
Local police in the town of Hermosa, Bataan prepare to dismantle farmers houses in barrio Sumalo amidst the Covid 19 pandemic. May 2021
Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) Statement: Protect the land rights of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries! Stop the demolition of farmer’s homes in Barangay Sumalo!
11 May 2021 The Save Agrarian Reform Alliance is a consortium of various national farmer’s...
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Farmers demonstrate at the Singhu Border protest camp outside New Delhi on 29 December 2020. Photo: Ranjini Basu
A visit to India’s Singhu Border protest camp
For more than a month, farmers have laid siege to India’s national capital New Delhi, demanding...
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Representatives of farmer unions leave Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi after a meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 5 December 2020. Photo: Kamal Singh/PTI
Long march to peasant unity
The unprecedented unity among peasant organisations is not a sudden development. It has been built...
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Student protestors occupy Sanam Luang, beside Bangkok's Grand Palace, on 19 September 2020. Photo: Jacob Goldberg
The political education of Thailand’s dissident youth
Thailand’s anti-government, anti-monarchy protests may have been triggered by recent abuses, but...
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T Peter: 11 December 1957 - 8 October 2020
Remembering T Peter: Street fighter, trade unionist, leader of India’s fishworkers
T Peter, General Secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), passed away on 8 October 2020...
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Indigenous and spiritual leaders of Timuay Justice and Governance offer a ritual in Maguindanao on the occasion of their Indigenous Political Structure's founding anniversary on October 3, 2017. Photo: Galileo de Guzman Castillo
The subversion of the Philippines’ Indigenous People’s Rights Act
The following paper was presented under the title The Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act...
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Thousands protested against Martial Law in Pepe Diokno Freedom Park, Quezon City, on September 21, 2020. Photo: PhilRights
Collective struggle, collective strength
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo, Joseph Purugganan, and Bianca Martinez As we commemorate today the...
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Swiggy employees go on strike in Chennai, India, in August 2020. Photo: Thandora Times
Indian Labour Law Must Recognise Platform Workers’ Rights
Statement issued by an Alliance of Labour Unions and Civil Society Organisations September 22,...
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SPI Peasants in Tebo Fight Against Land Grabbing, Implementing Genuine Agrarian Reform
JAKARTA—Agrarian reform is a priority program of the administration of President Jokowi and...
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Till, sow and harvest transformative ideas for the future! Now is the moment to demand food sovereignty – #17April
LVC Press Release | 15 April 2020 (Harare) On 17 April 2020 – the International Day of...
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Toward land justice : Thai farmers’ struggles to defend their land and life
A public event was held on 17 to 18 November 2018 at Thammasat University, Bangkok to discuss and...
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Special Edition on the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles
To mark the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles, Focus on the Global South releases this...
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